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  <h1 class="Head">Markers</h1>
  <p class="Head">Markers are objects that may be associated with Workbench resources. There are many uses of markers
  in the Workbench. The three main uses of markers in the Workbench are:</p>
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    <li>Tasks</li>
    <li>Problems</li>
    <li>Bookmarks</li>
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  <p class="Head">Markers are shown in a marker view (Tasks, Problems or Bookmark view) or on the marker bar in the
  editor area.</p>
  <p class="Head">The following sections give more detail on each of these marker types.</p>
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    <h2>Tasks</h2>
    <p class="Para">A task marker represents a work item. There are two kinds of tasks:</p>
    <ul class="UnorderedList">
      <li class="Item">Automatically-generated information associated with the resource</li>
      <li class="Item">User specified tasks that may or may not be associated with a resource</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Both of these task types appear in the Tasks view.</p>
    <h2>Problems</h2>
    <p>Problem markers represent invalid states and are categorized as follows..</p>
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        <strong>Errors</strong>: Error markers are often used to indicate the source location of syntax or compilation
        errors.
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    </li>
    <li>
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        <strong>Warnings</strong>: Warning markers indicate the source location of, for example, compilation warnings.
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    </li>
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        <strong>Information</strong>: Information markers indicate the source location of information only tasks.
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    </li>
  </ul>
  <p>Problems are shown in the Problems view.</p>
  <h2>Bookmarks</h2>
  <p>Bookmarks place an anchor either at a specific line in a resource or on the resource itself. They are shown in the
  Bookmarks view.</p>
  <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="cbookmrk.htm">Bookmarks</a><br>
  <a href="ctskview.htm">Tasks view</a><br>
  <a href="cprbview.htm">Problems view</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="../tasks/tasks-81.htm">Creating a bookmark within a file</a><br>
  <a href="../tasks/tasks-81b.htm">Creating a bookmark for an entire file</a>
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